Health Officials says Cape Town’s tap water is safe to drink

Cape Town’s Director of City Health Ivan Toms says there is no reason to believe that the so-called rat tailed maggots found in a number of suburbs are present in the municipal water supply. Toms says that experts have found that the drone fly larvae are not present in tap water. He emphasised that tap water was safe to drink. In most cases the larvae were found in hand basins or toilet bowls or near an outside tap. They may also be found naturally in still, stagnant areas of rivers or wetlands, drainage ditches and even garden ponds. Media reports about the off putting creatures have had many Capetonians worried in recent weeks.